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Thursday, July 25, 2019
PROFILES IN LEADERSHIP:
JUSTICE GEORGE SILVER LOOKS BACK AT HIS JUDICIAL CAREER THAT STARTED AS A PIPEDREAM By Rob Abruzzese The Record When Justice George Silver received a call from Hon. Janet DiFiore, chief judge of the New York State Courts, offering him the job of top judge in New York City, he was shocked. It wasn’t something that he had sought out and even to this day he admits that he doesn’t know what she was thinking. Continues on page 3. PICTURED AT RIGHT: Justice George Silver, the deputy chief administrative judge for the New York City Courts. Brooklyn Eagle photo by Rob Abruzzese
Sanford Rubenstein receives the NBA Judicial Council Award for Civil Rights
Justice Thompson honored at National Bar Association conference
The National Bar Association is having its 94th Annual Conference in Manhattan this week and as part of that, it held a Judicial Memorial Service at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem on Sunday, July 21. Pictured: The late Hon. William Thompson was honored on Sunday at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem. Visit brooklyneagle.com. Brooklyn Eagle file photo by Mario Belluomo
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JUSTICE KATHY LEVINE WILL HEADLINE UPCOMING BROOKLYN BAR ASSOCIATION CLEs: Hon. Katherine Levine is one of the most frequent CLE lecturers amongst the judiciary in Brooklyn. She regularly presents for multiple bar associations on various timely topics. See page 2. Brooklyn Eagle photo by Rob Abruzzese
Sanford Rubenstein is receiving the National Bar Association Judicial Council’s Award for Civil Rights during the NBA’s annual conference in Manhattan this week. Visit brooklyneagle.com.
Brooklyn Eagle file photo